Hi, I've been working on this for quite a while and I have in fact been wanting to work on a FF9 story. I love FF9. It's a good game with a nice story. I just hope my story is somewhat good. This one doesn't flow like the others, it's like there's something that I'm trying to get out and it's hard to put it down the way I want it. It'll take some time and I'm willing to continue if I get some reviews.

I do not own so please enjoy!

Name: Jennifer Davis

Nickname: Jen

Age: 17

Height: 5'2

Weight: 105 lbs

Hair: Light Brown, curly, medium length

Eyes: Emerald (green)

Personality: Jen tries to help everyone out, sometimes she'll take on a lot just to make things easier for everyone else. In the past her friends took advantage of her, having her write out 3 seperate essays that were to be turned in the following day. She has a hard time saying 'no' to people who are in need. Jen tries to stand up for herself, tries to prove to people that she is not weak. She doesn't want to be the 'damsel in distress', even though she seems to find herself in that position most of the time. Jen is naive in some situations. She doesn't like to lose people who are close to her and will do anything to protect them.

Bio: Jen lost her father when she was 9, he died of cancer. She lost her mother in a car accident. When Jen was 11 years old she had a piano recital and begged her mom to come. On her way to the recital, another on coming car hit her mom killing her on sight. Jen feels responsible for her mother's death but will not admit it to others. After the death of her mother, Jen and her brother Josh were placed into foster care because they had no other living relatives. Their foster parents were mean and quite dysfunctional. She was able to emancipate herself at the age of 16. She is now 17. Because of her age, Jen was not awrded custody of her younger brother but is allowed weekend visitation. Jen has a boyfriend, Ryan (Not sure if I'm going to use him). She feels she must be strong for her little brother, who is 12 years old, she does her best to be happy and doesn't show sadness. Just happiness and anger whenever he ticks her off.

Outfit: Blue skinny flare jeans. Hot pink spaghetti tank top. Dark brown Roxy Groovin zip up hoody, with white flowers. Black Skechers E2 Spheric.

"I wipe butts for a living and I only get 200 a week, there is definitely something wrong with this." Jen stared at the receipt of her pay check for a few minutes, it was unbelievable. "I thought the Union was actually good for something...Guess not." Jen put the receipt in her purse, she had just cashed it at her bank. She thought about switching to direct deposit, but she didn't want to take a chance of her money slipping out of her account. She trusted Ryan, the love of her life, her boyfriend, she just didn't trust the bank. They always found a way to screw you out of money. Money was what she needed, which was one of the reasons she was having a garage sale tomorrow. Jen got out of her blue car, it was crappy, and it was cheap, but it still ran which was good enough for her. She walked into her trailer, the rent on that was also cheap. Jen was 17 yrs old and was often mistaken for Michelle Trachtenberg. She was emancipated a few months ago and was allowed to take her little brother Josh who was 12 yrs old for the weekends. It was a fight for to even live on her own but she succeeded. Of course a social worker does pop in to check on her, the social worker trusts Jen but doesn't like Ryan.

Jen walked into the living room where she found Ryan stretched out on the couch, and Josh sitting on the floor playing the Playstation, she sat down and layed on top of Ryan, "No Josh, you can't have it, it's going with the other stuff in the garage sale."

Ryan kissed Jen on the cheeks, "Do you remember this game?"

Jen looked to the screen recognizing it, "Oh...yeah, it's Final Fantasy 9, that was the first Final Fantasy game I ever played...Gosh it seems like it was so long ago..."

Ryan laughed, "I know, you used to talk about it non-stop, until you played Final Fantasy 7." Jen sat up, "Josh, put in Final Fantasy 7, I swear to God you'll love it!"

Josh shook his head, "No, I'm busy playing this one..."

Jen looked at the screen, she looked to see how far he was in the game, "Josh it's only the beginning, just save and put in Final Fantasy 7 in."

Josh again shook his head, "No, go away shorty, I'm the one playing, not you." Jen got steamed because one, he was picking on her, two because he wasn't showing her respect. Josh rarely listened to Jen, she always needed Ryan to back her up because Josh would sometimes intimidate her. Jen then got up and reached down for the controller, Josh wouldn't let go and they were then tugging on it back and forth.

Ryan sat up, "Hey don't break that!" He reached down to pull Josh's arm and then suddenly there was a bright light that was beaming out of the television, everyone stopped what they were doing and began shielding their eyes, Ryan shouted, "What the hell? Josh you broke it!"

Josh shouted back to Ryan,"It wasn't me!"

A high pitch sound was then heard by all in the living room, Jen covered her ears, "What's going on? Shut it off!"

Josh crawled over to the Playstation and tried turning it off, "It's not working!"

Jen walked over to the outlet and unplugged the game and T.V. She looked back to the screen, and then to Ryan, "Why isn't it working?"

Ryan shouted louder, the sound was getting to him, "I don't know!"

Jen looked at the screen, she then started pounding on it, she struck the T.V. a third time and her hand went inside the television. Jen tried pulling her hand out but it wasn't working, she turned back to Ryan, "Oh my God! Ryan, my hand is stuck, come help me!" Just as she finished her sentence, the T.V. was pulling her in. Jen looked at the screen and soon there was darkness, "Oh my God, I was just sucked into the T.V." Jen felt as if she were floating, then she felt shocks of electricity zapping and electrocuting her entire body. Jen slowly opened her eyes, it was dark and she was outside, she could hear crickets. She looked around without moving, "Did I get sucked into the Discovery Channel? Oh please tell me I'm not in Africa, or in some wild forest in the Amazon..." The ground was muddy and the grass was damp, as if a huge storm just passed through. It was also dark, so it had to be late.Jen then heard foot steps approaching her, she didn't know what to do, so she closed her eyes, hoping that some indian wasn't going to kill her and also hoped that this whole thing was a dream, a stress related dream. Jen then felt someone shake her shoulder.

"Hey, are you okay?"

"I don't think she's the Princess..."

"The...Princess...? There aren't any princesses in the wilderness, unless it's Pocahontas...But then why are they speaking English?" Jen slowly opened her eyes, she looked up to the man kneeling next to her, he had a bearded face, a red nose and his face looked rather dirty. The face alone was reason enough for Jen to let out a shriek, "Aaah! Oh my God!"

Her reaction startled the man causing him to fall back onto his butt. Another man ran next to him, "What's wrong?"

Jen sat up, "Oh my God, that's Cinna, and the man next to him is Marcus! Oh my God, what do I do? What do I say!?...Wow Cinna is kind of scary looking..." Jen covered her mouth, she thought for a second before saying, "You guys are...bandits!"

Cinna then laughed, Jen glared at him, she quickly picked up a rock and threw it at him and said in a serious tone, the same tone she uses on Josh whenever Josh does something bad, "What's so funny? Don't laugh, I'm not laughing so this isn't funny."

Cinna rubbed the side of his head where the rock had landed, Marcus stifled his laughter, Jen looked at him and Marcus faked a cough, "Ahem, so who are you and what are you doing out here all by yourself?"

Jen looked around, she was alone, Ryan and Josh weren't here, "Did they get sucked in? or are they still at home staring at the T.V., waiting for me to pop right out?...No, they have to be here, somewhere in this game. If they are, I know Ryan will be fine but Josh doesn't know anything about Final Fantasy, it's not like Grand Theft Auto where you can go around killing people...Hmmmm..." Jen looked back up to Marcus, she knew he was still waiting for an answer, "I was trying to hitch a ride on the Prima Vista, and I fell off from the impact when the airship crashed." There was a long pause after Jen gave an answer, Jen wasn't one to lie because she knew that lies always formed into more lies and it was quite hard to keep lies going because a lie can only go so far until the truth comes out.

Marcus looked at Jen deciding if he believed her, he raised an eyebrow, "So why do you need to get to Lindblum?"

Jen, who finally stood up, brushed her pants off and looked at Marcus, "I'm looking for my little brother, we got...separated and now I can't find him."

Marcus looked up to the sky, "Separated huh? any idea where he might be?"

Jen shook her head, "Nope but I know he's not in Alexandria..."

Marcus cut in, "So you think he might be in Lindblum, right? You should go with Zidane, he's thinking about going out to find the Princess, I imagine he'll take her to Lindblum."

Jen had to prevent herself from getting excited, "Oh my God! I'm going to travel with THE Zidane! I have got to be dreaming! I still can't believe I'm talking to Marcus! This is so awesome!" Jen shrugged her shoulders, "Yeah, I guess I could go with him, I have to get there somehow."

Cinna then asked, "But can you fight?"

Jen felt like kicking herself, "That's right! I'm going to have to fight monsters, I don't even know how to wield a weapon!" Jen decided to be hoest about this, she smiled and said in a cheery tone, "Nope, I don't even have a weapon."

Marcus and Cinna practically fell over, Cinna was bemused, "What do you mean? Don't tell me you're some Noble who is always cooped up!"

Jen shrugged, "Yeah, something like that."

Marcus scratched his head, "But you don't talk like a Noble, and you certainly don't dress like them."

Jen frowned, "Hey, that's not very nice and my identity doesn't really matter, what matters is that I need to get to Lindblum and I also need a weapon for some kind of defense against the monsters out here."

Cinna smiled, "Well you're in luck, I was able to snag a weapon before we left Alexandria! But it'll cost ya, if you were a member of Tantulas I could give it to ya for free."

Jen searched her pockets, she was able to find a 100.00 bill in her back pocket, she handed that to him, "Is that enough?"

Cinna freaked, "T-that's 100 million Gil!"

Jen looked at it, "It's just a hundred, nothing fancy."

Marcus chuckled, "Nevermind, I think you ARE a noble...Cinna just give her the weapon, give her, her money back, I don't want to get in trouble with the owner of King Mansion, that might be his daughter..."

Cinna looked at Marcus with a confused, almost shocked expression, "I didn't know that guy had a daughter, what does he look like anyway?"

Marcus sighed, "I dunno if she is for sure his daughter, but the fact that she is carrying a fortune could mean she is someone important and if she is, I don't want to cause trouble, we're already in it enough. And I don't even know who the owner of King Mansion is."

Cinna realized what he was saying, "Oh, gotcha." Cinna handed Jen the money back, "C'mon, let's go back to the air ship, I'll introduce you to Zidane and get you your weapon."

Jen took the money back, she smiled, "Okay." "Yes! I'm finally going to meet Zidane!"

The walk was short, Jen didn't realize how close she was to the airship. It was still burning from Brahne's assault. That Queen was brutal, she would hate to get on her bad side. "Guess I already am, seeing how I'm on Zidane's side...This is going to get interesting..." Jen stopped in front of the enterance of the ruined airship, a huge man wearing a black mask and white hook gloves was standing before them, "Now which one is Benero...? They look very similar..."

The man smiled at Cinna, "Hey, the Boss is looking for you guys." He looked down at Jen, "Who is that?"

Marcus answered, "She's some Noble that wants to go to Lindblum with Zidane."

Benero/Zenero looked down at Jen, "You're crazy, there's nothing but monsters crawling around this forest. But if you wanna see Zidane, now is a good time, I think he's about to leave."

Cinna looked to Jen, "Wait here." He ran inside. As Cinna ran in, Zidane came walking out, following him was a knight and a black mage. Jen knew who they were, and they looked so real, this whole thing seemed real. Seeing them made this real. "I don't think I'm dreaming anymore..."

Marcus looked to Zidane, "Hey, we found this Noble in the forest, it seems she wants to go with you."

Zidane looked down at Jen, "I dunno if a pretty thing like you should go with us, it's pretty dangerous."

Jen shook her head, "I have to go and I can't wait."

Zidane shrugged, "Well it seems your mind is made up, what's your name?"

"Oh my God! Zidane just asked for my name!" Jen she was so happy, she never thought something as crazy as this would be so cool, she half smiled, "My name is Jennifer, but call me Jen."

The knight who was standing next to the mage finally spoke up, "This is nonsense, I will not allow you to endanger a Noble."

Zidane retorted, "Are you suggesting we leave her here with the other thieves?"

The knight was silent.

Zidane continued, "That's what I thought, we might need the extra help, we don't know what's out there." Cinna then came walking out, in his arms was a treasure chest.

Zidane looked to Cinna, "Is that for me?"

Cinna shook his head, "Nope, it's for her." He set the chest down on the ground and popped it open, "Since you're new to fighting, I gathered up all the weapons I could find, you're gonna have to choose which one you like."

Zidane's jaw practically dropped, "You mean you've never been in a battle before? Then why do you want to go with us?"

Jen walked over to the chest, she picked up a long chain with a weight on one end and a blade on the other, "I have to go to Lindblum." She looked over to Cinna, "Is this a Kusarigama?"

Cinna nodded his head, "Yup."

Jen then picked up a skinny sword that was pretty light, with the sheath covering it, it almsot resembled a stick, "This is a ronin sword." She unsheathed it, "It's double bladed!"

Zidane let out a small chuckle, "You sure know your weapons."

Jen looked up to Zidane, "Well I read...a lot." "Lie...I know what it is from watching anime..." Jen looked to Cinna, "I would like to take both of them, is that alright?"

Cinna was quite hesitant, but he agreed to let her have them, "You're gonna need some armor." He handed her a black leather shirt, "Put this over your shirt."

Jen took the leather shirt, she took off her brown Roxy sweater revealing her hot pink spaghetti tank top, she slipped the leather shirt on, it fit fine.

Zidane couldn't believe that she changed right in front of them, "Ya know, most Nobles change in private..."

Steiner shoved Zidane, "Fool, show some discretion, she was only trying to hurry so we can quickly save the Princess."

Zidane looked up, "Oh yeah, I almost forgot about her. We should get a move on."

Jen nodded her head, she fastened the sheath to the ronin sword around her, and she placed the blade to the kusarigama in the back of her jeans, she looked to Steiner who was grumbling, apparently what Zidane said got him a bit upset, he said as they were now walking, "How dare you forget the Princess!"

Zidane scoffed, "Relax Rusty, I didn't really forget about her, she's too cute."

They walked through this dead tree that was tipped over, and walked into a swamp. Jen looked down to her shoes which were sinking down into the mud, "I guess I should keep expecting to get dirty..." It was pretty quiet except for the croaking of frogs and the sound of branches rubbing against eachother whenever the wind would blow softly, the darkness made the place seem creepy. There was green moss everywhere, they place looked pretty and scary at the same time. They entered a small clearing, it must've been a spring.

Zidane slowed down, "Hmm...no signs of any monsters here." There were two tree stumps, one was big and full of water. The other tree stump was small and it looked like there was something in it. Jen muttered, "That's where the moogle must be..."

Vivi looked to Jen, "Why would there be a moogle?" Zidane walked up to the small stump and looked down inside. A moogle then popped out suprising Zidane, Jen let out a small laugh, she covered her mouth.

Vivi looked at the moogle, "Are you Monty?"

The moogle nodded his head, "Yes kupo!"

Vivi pulled out a letter from his jacket, "This is from Kupo." Monty took the letter and read it.

Jen knew what the letter was about so she walked over to the tree stump that was full of water, she knelt down where the water was trickling out the side. She cupped her hands and let the water pour into her palms, she brought the water up to her mouth and took a drink.

Steiner who was checking the area out noticed what Jen had done, "Miss Jennifer, that water could be tainted!"

Steiner's voice made Jen jump, causing the water to go down her wind pipe, she started coughing.

This scared Steiner, "The water is tainted with poison!"

Zidane turned around to see what the commotion was, he walked over to Jen and slapped her back. Jen caught her breath, "I'm fine, Steiner startled me, that's all."

Zidane looked at the water, he knelt down and tried a hand full as well, he looked to Vivi, "It's safe."

Vivi walked over and had a sip as well, he looked up to Steiner, "Are you gonna have some? It's really good!"

Steiner nodded, "Very well, if Master Vivi says it's good then I'll try some." After everyone had their share of water Zidane announced that it was time to keep moving.

Jen looked around clutching the weight of the kusarigama, "So...this is Evil Forest, I can't believe that I'm actually here."

Zidane sighed, "Yeah we wouldn't have landed here if Queen Brahne hadn't attacked us..."

Steiner raised his voice, "Don't you dare blame the Queen for this, if it's anyones fault, it's yours! If you hadn't abducted the Princess we wouldn't be in this mess!"

Jen said thoughtfully, "Wow, first a thief nabs her, then a monster, that's the way to spend your birthday. Something doesn't add up..."

Zidane asked, "What's that?"

Jen replied, "If she was acting on stage with the people who were trying to kidnap her, you would think she would've tried to get away...Even when Steiner was trying to save her...It's almost like she was trying to run away, like she wanted to be kidnapped..." Jen knew what she was doing, she knew she probably shouldn't be doing doing this.

Zidane looked at Jen, he didn't say anything, Princess Garnet did look sad, she looked desperate to get away from there,"Can I really keep that promise...?"

Steiner didn't say anything, "That's nonsense, why would the Princess ever want to run away? She has no reason to. She was only going along with them so she wouldn't cause a mass panic. I must focus on rescuing the Princess and escorting her back to the castle."

Poor Vivi who hadn't said anything was trembling with fear, "How big is this monster? Will I even be able to do anything?...I couldn't protect her before..."

Jen stopped walking while everyone else moved on ahead, she heard something in the bushes, she grabbed the blade in the back of her pocket, "Okay, my first monster, I'll either live or...die. If I die then I won't be able to find Josh...Yeah, that's my motivation...Josh."

A fang then jumped out of the bushes, Jen jumped back a little to keep a safe distance apart from it. Its fur looked tangled and disgusting, the fang was drooling so it was probably hungry. Jen watched as the fang's brown fur wiggled, it gave her the goosebumps. The fang then lunged at Jen, she quickly pulled out the ronin sword and swung it at the little beast, her aim was pretty good and the beast let out a yelp. "Eh...beginners luck..." Jen noticed a trickle of blood pouring out of the fangs back, it just made this place seem more real to her. The fang came at her again, Jen tried blocking by holding her sword out, but the fang attacked lower, clawing her side. Jen held in her scream and let out a deep sigh, "Frick that hurt!" Jen gripped the sword tightly, on one end the blade was slightly tilted, while the other blade was pointed towards the ground. Jen charged at the fang swinging the upper blade into the fang, she quickly pulled it out of the fang and swung the lower blade through the fangs chin so that the blade was sticking out of its head.

Jen took a step back, the fang didn't move. It was dead. Jen started to get the shakes, the adrenaline of the fight still had her going, "I killed it...I can't believe I killed a beast...How come it's not vanishing?" Something caught the corner of Jen's eye, it was shiny, she kneeled down to pick it up, "Is this gold or...Gil? Wow, it's a lot bigger than what I imagined." Jen held a few pieces in her hand, she was going to need a pouch to put it in. She suddenly heard footsteps, she looked up and saw Zidane.

Zidane looked at the fang, the ronin was still jammed into the skull, the sight turned his stomach, "Did you do that?"

Jen stood up quickly, "Yeah, pretty cool huh?"

Zidane nodded his head, "Yeah...Cool...I thought you didn't know how to fight."

Jen shrugged her shoulders, "Beginners luck I suppose."

Zidane looked at the fang again, there was blood on its left claw, he looked over to Jen, "Are you alright?"

Jen smiled, "Yeah I'm fine."

She walked over to the fang and tugged on the sword, Zidane observed her, "I guess the cut isn't too bad, she's not complaining." Zidane continued watching, it looked like the sword was stuck in there pretty good, "Hey do you need some help?"

Jen shook her head, "I got it." Zidane walked over anyways and helped pulled it out. Jen took the sword and wiped it in the grass, "I could've gotten it out..."

Zidane laughed, "Yeah right, come on we're wasting time." Jen quickly sheathed the ronin and ran ahead. Zidane followed.

The two of the caught up with Steiner and Vivi who were standing outside of a cave. Jen stopped running and Zidane ran into her knocking Jen down. Jen tumbled over and looked up at Zidane, "Hey, watch it!" She got up and quickly dusted herself off.

Steiner looked to Zidane, "You buffoon, watch where you're going!"

Jen looked at the cave, "I imagine that's where the Princess is...Come on let's go!"

Jen ran into the cave, she heard Zidane and Steiner's seperate cries, "Hey come back!", "Miss Jennifer wait!"

"Yeah, I dunno why I'm running in here, it's not like I can do anything. I might seem brave but I'm really just scared. I just want to get this part over with." Jen pulled out her sword, she used the ronin more than the kusarigama because it was easier to pull out. It also seemed like it would be more effective. Jen looked at the plant monster, it was much bigger in person than on the screen of a T.V. but that wasn't going to make her back down.

The others ran in and were right behind her, Vivi shouted and pointed at the Princess, "There she is!"

Zidane said thoughtfully, "So this is the master."

Steiner shouted out to Garnet as if she could hear him, "Princess!!" He turned to Zidane, "You stay out of this! Alexandria would be disgraced if a mere bandit should rescue the Princess."

Zidane said with a hint of sarcasim in his voice, "You think you can handle him on your own?" There was silence from Steiner and Zidane turned to Vivi, ignoring the knight, "Vivi, Jen, let's get him!"

Steiner wielded his sword and he looked to Vivi, as if to signal that he was ready to combine their attack.

Jen charged at the monster, she swung her sword at one of the tentacles, she jammed it in and pulled it out, "That's not gonna work, the outer layer is tough like a tree..." The monster then retaliated by using its rear tentacle to wrap around Jens waist and it carried her into the air holding tightly. Jen looked around, she could see Zidane and the others fighting.

She saw Vivi point at her and shout to Zidane, "He's got Jen!"

Zidane looked up to where Vivi was pointing, he shouted up to Jen, "Hold on!"

The monster then began flailing Jen around like a toy, she couldn't even see the others anymore, she felt like she was on some sick carnival ride. The monster tightened its grip on Jen causing her to let out a painful scream. Zidane heard Jen's scream, he couln't see what was happening but he knew it couldn't be good if she was screaming, he held his daggers and sliced into the monster causing it to wince in pain.

Steiners stomach turned, he couldn't imagine what was happening to her, he held out his sword, "I must save the Princess..." Vivi increased his fire power which was extremely effective. The monster fought back using Pollen to blind everyone, everyone quickly pulled out small viles from their pockets, they each poured a few drops into their eyes. It must've been eye drops because the Pollen around them was disappearing. The monster then used another tentacle and struck everyone knocking them a few feet back. Jen felt like she couldn't breathe, like she wasn't getting enough oxygen to the brain, it had a death grip on her. Jen was still holding, her sword she tried jabbing the monsters tentacle a few times, it wasn't working, the only reaction she got was a good shaking.

Jen then saw Blank arrive on the scene, "Good, the fight's almost over with...Blank hurry up and attack!"

Blank ran over next to Zidane, "Where's that other chick?"

Zidane pointed up, "He's got her. If that thing squeezes any harder, it'll crush her."

Blank looked up and shook his head, "It's sucking the life out of her!"

Blank unsheathed his sword he charged at the tentacle that was clutching Jen. Jen closed her eyes, she couldn't watch. The impact from Blanks sword caused the monster to throw Jen. Jen could feel herself flying fast through mid air, the only thing that stopped her from flying was a wall, she let go of her sword which fell a few feet away from her. She opened her eyes, her butt and legs were against the wall, everything was upside down. Jen watched the battle for a moment. Zidane and Blank teamed up and took on the left side, they were hacking away with their weapons. While Vivi and Steiner took the right, they combined attacks creating the fire sword. It was pretty smart. Blank and Zidane gave on last blow to the monster and it began to sink into the ground.

Steiner rushed over to the Princess, he picked her up shouting, "Princess!! Please get a hold yourself!!" Zidane walked over and tried giving her some of the seed remover.

The Princess drank some of it, but it wasn't enough for Steiner, "Princess, please try to drink all of it."

Vivi asked in a cute worried tone, "Is she gonna be okay?"

Blank walked over to Jen, he handed her, her sword, "Hey, you alright?"

Jen slowly rolled over and pushed herself up off the ground, she rubbed her head, "Yeah, it was nothing." Her legs gave way and her knees hit the ground, she let out a small laugh, "Hahaha, I guess not."

Blank grinned, he pulled out a small vial that contained a light blue liquid, "Here drink all of it, if you don't, you won't fully heal and if you run into another battle when you're not fully healed, you could be done for."

Jen took the potion, "How many of these do we have?"

Blank shrugged, "I only have few left, and you guys are gonna need some more when we get out of here."

Jen thought, "I guess we're short...I'll drink half of it and save the rest for when I really need it."

She wasn't going to take Blanks advice, "Thanks, sorry I don't have anything to give to you in return."

Blank shook his head, "No worries."

The ground began to shake violently, Blank shouted, "Oh man! What now!?"

Green monsters began crawling out of the hole the boss fell through and through the enterance, Blank then stated, "Sheez! We're gonna be surrounded!"

Jen quickly drank some of the potion and stood up, she closed the lid and stuffed the potion into her pocket. Zidane then shouted, "Let's get out of here!"

He ran to the exit and started motioning for everyone to get out, "Come on we gotta get out of here!"

Steiner ran out carrying the Princess, Vivi ran out behind him. Blank looked at Jen, "Come on!"

Blank and Jen both ran out. Jen jumped off a bunch of ledges, she looked behind her and could see the green monsters climbing out of hiding. She jumped down two more ledges and kept running, "Good thing I took the potion when I did." Jen noticed that the trees were beginning to move, they were trying to use their thorny branches to stop them. Jen started to panic, this was scaring her, she felt safer when she was controlling the main character, not being one of them. Jen wasn't much of a runner, especially under a lot of pressure, and this was A LOT of pressure. She watched as Blank and Zidane ran past her, she started to panic a little more because she didn't want to be left behind. Her pace started to pick up a little, she could see Zidane out running Blank, which was a suprise. Jen watched as vines were aiming for her, she dodged each one of them. She looked behind her and saw a green monster right on her butt, "Wait, this thing is suppose to be on Zidane's tail, not mine!" A vine with thorns was sliding behind Jen, while it landed behind her, a thorn sliced her back. Jen started to trip but Blank pushed her out of the monsters path.

Jen turned back and saw the monster pick Blank up, she stood there watching, Blank then shouted, "Go!" She didn't move, Jen was in shock.

Zidane then grabbed Jen's arm and ran, leading her out. Blank threw something, Jen looked at the item he threw, "It's the map!" Jen kept her eye on the map and ran for it like a reciever in a game of football. Zidane watched as she began to out run him. Jen jumped over some more vines, she jumped in the air and caught the map taking it with her to the ground, she sprang to her feet and headed for the exit. Jen wanted to see where Zidane was so she stopped and turned around, she saw Zidane and he then pushed her through the exit. Jen looked at the entire exit, as it was now petrified, everyone knew Blank wasn't with them anymore. Everyone was silent, they knew Zidane needed some time alone to let it sink in.

Jen rose to her feet, Steiner set the Princess down onto the ground, he looked to Vivi, "Master Vivi do you think you could start a fire?" Vivi nodded his head, he held out his hands, fire then emerged from his hands and onto a small pile of sticks that Steiner had laid down. Jen walked over towards the fire and sat down. She wasn't close, only close enough to feel some of the heat when the wind blew it in her direction.

Jen looked over to Vivi, who was sitting next to the fire, trying to warm his hands, "Hey Vivi, how are ya doing? Was that your first battle against something big like that?"

Vivi looked at me with his golden eyes, "I'm fine. No, I've fought bigger but none as strong as that one." He turned around to continue warming his hands.

Jen looked over to Steiner who was standing next to the Princess, he looked like he was overwhelmed and probably didn't want to talk, he had a lot on his mind at the moment. Jen then stretched out onto the grass and looked up to the stars. The stars seemed much different here, there was no 'Milky Way'. Jen's view of the stars was soon blocked by Zidane's face as he stood over her, he didn't appear to be too happy.

Jen could tell this by the tone he was using when asked, "Why did you stop?"

Jen replied slowly, "I was worried."

Zidane kicked jen softly in the side, "Well you could've gotten hurt. And you shouldn't go running into battles by yourself, that was pretty dangerous."

Jen stared at Zidane for a moment, "I guess I was overconfident."

Zidane sighed, he sat down next to Jen and asked, "Are you hurt?"

Jen replied as if it was not important, "...Yup."

Zidane looked at her, "Where?"

Jen grinned as she heard his worried tone, "My back...A vine with thorns caught me pretty good. I'm sure it's just a scrape so I should be fine."

Zidane reached into his pocket, he pulled out a potion, "Here take this."

Jen pulled out her potion that was half full, "This should be enough. I'll be fine thanks."

Zidane laughed, "You sure are stubborn, just take this, that might not be enough." Jen sighed she took the potion from him. Zidane smirked and told her in the same tone that Jen used on Josh whenever Josh was sick and she was stuck taking care of him, "Now drink it, all of it." Jen sat up and opened the lid of the potion, she drank all of it. Zidane looked where she had been laying and saw blood stains in the grass, it didn't look good, "I thought she said it was a scrape..." Zidane then said, "Finish your other one."

Jen hesitated, she didn't want to waste it, she looked at Zidane and his face was kind of serious, she then finished the other potion off. Jen felt a lot better, she looked to Zidane again and he nodded his head, "I'm gonna have to keep an extra eye on you huh?"

Jen laughed, "No, I can take care of myself."

Zidane scoffed, "Yeah right. A Noble like you wouldn't last an entire day out here on your own you know that right?"

Jen leaned over close to Zidane's face, "Is that a fact?"

Zidane pushed her face away, "You're weird."

Jen laughed, "Seriously, you think I can't make it on my own out here?"

Zidane shook his head, "Nope."

Jen was disappointed, "Geez one of my Final Fantasy heroes thinks I'm incapable of surviving on my own, probably thinks I'm a burden too."

Zidane broke Jen from her thoughts, "So why are you going to Lindblum?"

Jen looked up into the sky, with everything going on, she still didn't forget her reason for going on. Jen didn't want to come up with excuses right now, she threw a question back at him, "Where do moogles come from?"

This threw Zidane off, "Huh? Is she hiding something?" He answered truthfully, "I have no idea."

Jen then flopped her back down on the grass, stretching her arms out how many potions do we have?"

Zidane watched her, he then looked up into the sky, "Twenty eight...Why?"

Jen asked again, "Can I have 2 please?"

Zidane thought about it for a moment, he reached into his pocket and handed her two potions, "Here."

Jen took the potions, "Thanks. You're a good guy."

Zidane laughed, "You're not too bad yourself."

There was a moment of silence before Jen yawned, "Well I guess I'll get some sleep...The Princess should wake up soon, tell her I said 'Hi'."

Zidane replied, "Alright, good night."

Jen shook her head, "This night has been anything but good. Night."

She rolled over and fell asleep, she heard voices raising, it was probably Steiner fussing at Zidane, she wasn't going to wake up just to hear them rant, she knew what was going to happen. Jen woke up way earlier than the others, she sat up and found Zidane laying close to Vivi, Steiner standing in his sleep, and the Princess sleeping peacefully, Jen muttered, "That's all she's good for." She stood up and looked as the fire died down, she looked outside of camp, "Think I can't make it out on my own, hmph, I'll go to Dali and wait for them at the Inn." She tiptoed over to where Zidane was laying, she spotted the map in his hands, "He must've taken it while I was sleeping..." she slowly pulled it out from his grasp. She untied it and pulled it open, she looked to see how far Ice Cavern was. It had to be maybe 30 minutes away, and that it would probably take about twenty minutes or so just to get through the pass. She set the map down, leaving it open and headed out, this was probably one of the most stupidest things she had done in her life.

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